The Head
The Head rises to 2,626 m in Utah. Thurston Peak stands 2,954 m to the west, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Durst Mountain, a peak 2.4 miles away. Morgan-Parleys State Scenic Byway passes 4.7 miles off. 57 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
Mountain in Utah, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49082436, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2,626 m
How to reach it
- 4.7 mi off the Morgan-Parleys State Scenic Byway
- 10.7 mi off the Ogden River Scenic Byway
- 16.0 mi off the Great Salt Lake Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Mount McKinnon Viewpoint · 25 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Round Valley Wildlife Management Area: 3.2 mi
- Wilkinson Complex: 5.1 mi
- Riverside Park: 5.2 mi
- Milton Park: 5.8 mi
- Croydon City Park: 7.6 mi
- Durst Mountain: 2.4 mi
- Haystack Mountain: 3.2 mi
- Big Mahogany Mountain: 3.3 mi
- Little Mahogany Mountain: 3.9 mi
- Bolly Knob: 4.4 mi
- Durst Spring: 2.9 mi
- Rock Spring: 4.4 mi
- Sulpher Springs: 4.7 mi
- Cold Spring: 5.4 mi
- Willow Spring: 5.7 mi
- Porterville: 9.2 mi
- The Utah War: 10.4 mi
- Thurston Peak: 10.9 mi
- 80 miles to Fort Bridger: 12.0 mi
- Broad Hollow: 12.9 mi
- Spring Creek Day Use Area: 12.6 mi
- Fernwood Recreation Site: 13.5 mi
- Village Green: 15.5 mi
- Moose Hollow Picnic Area: 17.4 mi
- Doug Shaw Memorial Bowery: 19.0 mi
- City of Farmington Museum: 15.5 mi
- Town Hall: 15.5 mi
- Gun Collection: 15.5 mi
- Token, Currency & Silver Collection: 15.6 mi
- Carriage Hall: 15.6 mi
- Engine 86: 15.6 mi
- Bulgy The Whale: 15.6 mi
- Wildcat Statue: 16.3 mi
- Music Scuplture: 16.5 mi
- Louis Frederick Moench Statue: 16.6 mi
- Anderson Cove Beach: 12.1 mi
- Pelican Beach: 13.1 mi
- Cemetery Point Beach: 13.2 mi
- Middle Inlet Beach: 13.4 mi
- Windsurfer Beach: 14.0 mi
- Mountain Green Rest Area, I-84 Westbound: 8.1 mi
- Weber Canyon Rest Area, I-84 Eastbound: 10.7 mi
- Echo Canyon Rest Area Westbound: 15.1 mi
- Echo Canyon Rest Area Eastbound: 15.2 mi
- East Canyon Wildlife Management Area: 9.5 mi
- Legacy Nature Reserve: 18.0 mi
- The Great Salt Lake Shorelands Preserve: 22.0 mi
- Cinnamon Creek WMA: 23.6 mi
- Witch Rocks: 12.7 mi
- China Town: 14.0 mi
- Ninth Street Crag: 17.8 mi
- The Narrows: 20.8 mi
- Rasmussen Teaching Garden: 16.6 mi
- Ogden Botanical Gardens: 18.1 mi
- Asian Garden: 18.1 mi
- Bountiful Temple Underground Garden: 19.0 mi
- Emory: 18.3 mi
- Grass Creek: 19.2 mi
- La Plata: 23.0 mi
- Castle Rock: 23.0 mi
- Adams Canyon Waterfall: 12.9 mi
- Adams Canyon Lower Falls: 13.8 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of The Head. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thurston Peak | W 259° | 2,954 m | 10.9 mi |
| Mount Ogden | WNW 296° | 2,917 m | 13.7 mi |
| Francis Peak | WSW 242° | 2,904 m | 11.4 mi |
| Snow Horse Ridge | WSW 252° | 2,893 m | 11.1 mi |
| Allen Peak | WNW 297° | 2,885 m | 14.0 mi |
| James Peak | NNW 338° | 2,869 m | 20.8 mi |
| Grandview Peak | SSW 197° | 2,866 m | 18.8 mi |
| De Moisy Peak | WNW 294° | 2,847 m | 12.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:31 | 19:03 | 19:39 |
| June solstice | 05:55 | 20:22 | 21:03 |
| September equinox | 07:15 | 18:49 | 19:25 |
| December solstice | 07:49 | 16:18 | 17:02 |
Local time (America/Denver).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 25 | 30 | 39 | 46 | 55 | 63 | 72 | 70 | 61 | 48 | 36 | 25 |
| Precip in | 1.8 | 1.4 | 1.8 | 1.7 | 1.8 | 1.2 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 1.3 | 1.4 | 1.6 | 1.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Morgan, 5 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1433327 — The Head, Morgan County, Utah.
OpenStreetMap element node/356674525
Day trips start here
- Ogden · 18 mi
- Wasatch Range · 22 mi
- Salt Lake City · 27 mi
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